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Intuitive Surgical (Intuitive Surgical) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.91 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Intuitive Surgical Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Intuitive Surgical's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-241.90 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $265.40 Mil.

Hence, Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.91.


Intuitive Surgical Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Intuitive Surgical Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Intuitive Surgical Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.27 0.23 0.16 0.36 0.59

Intuitive Surgical Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.52 0.27 0.47 1.91 0.91

Competitive Comparison of Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Intuitive Surgical Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-1064.2) / 1813.8
=0.59

Intuitive Surgical's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-241.9) / 265.4
=0.91

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Intuitive Surgical  (NAS:ISRG) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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Intuitive Surgical (Intuitive Surgical) Business Description

Address
1020 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94086-5304
Intuitive Surgical develops, produces, and markets a robotic system for assisting minimally invasive surgery. It also provides the instrumentation, disposable accessories, and warranty services for the system. The company has placed more than 8,000 da Vinci systems in hospitals worldwide, with nearly 5,000 installations in the U.S. and a growing number in emerging markets.
Executives
Alan J Levy director C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC, 1266 KIFER RD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Robert Desantis officer: Executive VP & GM IA&E C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC., 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Sreelakshmi Kolli director C/O ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC., 2820 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 94131
Gary S Guthart director, officer: President & CEO, other: President & CEO C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC, 1266 KIFER RD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Amy L Ladd director INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC, 1020 KIFER RD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Craig H Barratt director
Marshall Mohr officer: SVP & CFO C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC, 1266 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Mark J Rubash director
David J. Rosa officer: Sr VP Emerging Procedures & Te 1266 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Fredrik Widman officer: VP Corporate Controller 1020 KIFER ROAD, 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Myriam Curet officer: SVP & Chief Medical Officer, other: SVP & Chief Medical Officer 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Michele Dimartino officer: See Remarks 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Amal M Johnson director C/O MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 350 OAKMEAD PARKWAY, SUITE 100, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Gary Loeb officer: General Counsel & CCO 5885 HOLLIS ST., SUITE 100, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Henry L Charlton officer: Senior Vice President & Chief 1020 KIFER ROAD, 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086

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